Midwifery Agenda (April '97)
Patrick Hublou
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MIDWIFERY CONFERENCES & LECTURES
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Call for abstracts out for:
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"Communication in health care"
The Netherlands, June 1998
Issued: February 1997
Deadline: July 31, 1997
Notice of acceptance/rejection will be given in October 1997.
Participants are invited to present the results of their studies.
Both oral and poster presentations are welcome. Prospective
participants are invited to send in an abstract of their paper
or poster or a brief description of their intended symposium or
workshop. The scientific committee will make a selection of the
papers and posters to be presented at the conference. The main
themes of interest include: provider-patient communication.
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MEDNET '97 Conference
UK, Mon 3 - Thur 6 November 1997
Call for papers: 1 February 1997
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 June 1997
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MIDWIFERY ACTIVITIES BY MONTH
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APRIL 1997
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Thursday 24th April 1997, London, U.K.
Building Healthy Babies
A symposium to be held at the Royal College of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists, London on Thursday 24th April 1997.
Senior Specialists in the fields of nutrition, vitamins, fetal
behaviour, pain relief, stress, fetal surgery and premature neonate
will be speaking.
Costs: #70
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Proceeds to the charity Women and Children's Welfare Fund.
Info: Ms. Amanda Barrett, <<amanda-...@dial.pipex.com>
Women and Children's Welfare Fund
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/kai17/wcwfindex.html
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MAY 1997
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May 21 - 24 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Third International conference on home and Community Care for
Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
Meeting the needs of the infected and affected.
RAI, Congrescentrum, Amsterdam
950 Gulden after March 1
1000 Gulden on site
PAOG Amsterdam
Ph: 020-566-4801 Fax: 020-696-3228
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May 22-29, 1997 - Boston, Massachusetts U.S.A.
American College of Nurse-Midwives Annual Meeting
This meeting features a variety of educational sessions and ACNM
business meetings. More than 1000 American nurse-midwives are
expected to attend.
ACNM: Phone: 202-728-9860, E-mail <<in...@acnm.com> or www.midwife.org
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JUNE 1997
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June 6 & 7, 1997, Edmonton, AB, Canada
CANADIAN CHILDBIRTH CONFERENCE
Grant MacEwan Community College
Edmonton, AB, Canada
To be placed on our mailing list call (403) 497-5163 or
email: <<GMCC...@admin.gmcc.ab.ca>
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OCTOBER 1997
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October 3-5 1997 in Stockholm, Sweden
3rd International Homebirth Conference
"The Joy and Pain in Birthing"
The Swedish Homebirth Association has the pleasure to invite you to
The 3:rd International Homebirth Conference
in Folkets Hus, Stockholm, Sweden, 3-5 october 1997
The Joy and Pain in Birthing
The Conference welcomes all who has an open mind to the need of
children and parent, whether the birth happens in hospital,
Alternative
Birth Center or at home.
In Folkets Hus there is room for 1,300 mothers, fathers, midwives,
childbirth educators, rebirthers, lactation consultants, yogateachers,
doctors, nurses, fysioterapeutes, obstetrics, gynaecologists and all
interested in giving parents and children an optimal birth experience.
Don't miss this opportunity to meet likeminded from all of the world!
P R O G R A M
>>> For an *uptodate* program do consult:
http://www.antronet.se/fodhem/
FRIDAY
8.00 am Registration
9.00 WELCOME!
The situation in Sweden
The Joy and Pain in Birthing. Kirsten Nisted
9.40 BREAK
10.10 Janet Balaskas - Spirit meets Science - Birthing at Home
11.00 Sheila Kitzinger - The De-Sexing of Childbirth
11.40 LUNCH
1.40 - 5.00 pm (3.00 BREAK):
1. "Mothers at risk" and homebirth - Ann-Charlotte Wernlof
2. Yoga for pregnants - Mira Larsson
3. Manual skills with version, breech, twins etc - Ina May
Gaskin
4. The meaning of pain in birthing - Susanne Houd
5. Parents panel; the reason we give birth at home - Moderator
Lisa
Svensson
6. Women from Asia tells about the homebirth situation
SATURDAY
8.00 am Registration
9.00 Ina May Gaskin - The Importance of Powerful Midwifes
9.40 BREAK
10.10 Lena Tuulse Wademark - The Joy in Birthing
11.00 Beatrijs Smulders - The situation in Holland
11.40 LUNCH
1.40 - 5.00 pm (3.00 PAUS)
1. To grow through childbirth - Klarin Gullstrom
2. Bellydance - Ann Larsson
3. The art of prenatal care-a positive approach - Candace
Whitridge
4. The way we are born effect the rest of our life - Lena
Tuulse
5. Grief and guilt related to childbirth, Revaluing
conversation
- Moderator Ulla Holm
6. Women from Africa tells about the homebirth situation
SUNDAY
8.00 am Registration
9.00 - 12.00 (10.00 BREAK)
1. Mod, tillit, sjalvstandighet och trygghet - Kirsten Nisted
Foda utan barnmorska - Helena Lindgren (these two only in
swedish)
2. Waterbirth at home - Janet Balaskas
3. Tai chi - Lilian Aslund
4. Spiritual emergency amongst newborn - Agneta Bergenheim
5. International midwife panel Moderator Leen Massy
6. Women from the East (Polen, Balticum etc) tells about the
homebirth situation
12.00 LUNCH
2.00 pm Candace Whitridge - The Joy and Pain in Birthing
2.40 BREAK
3.10 Ole Olsen - The safety of homebirth - and beyond.
4.00 Marsden Wagner - Pursuing the Birth Machine; why out-of-
hospital birth is an essential option for women.
4.40 - 5.00 The births of the future!
Ending up together
REGISTRATION When we get your registration fee you are registrated.
APPLICATION The registration fee is 1,000 SKr before 1 march 1997,
between 1 march - 1 june 1997 it is 1,500 SKr. If there still are
seats
left after that, the fee is 2,000 SKr. The price is for all three
conferensdays. All payments should be made in Swedish Kronor (SKr).
The
registration fee is to be payd on Postal Giro account no. 81905-2,
Foreningen Foda Hemma 1-1992.
When we get your money you will receive a letter of confirmation and
further information. Please bring this letter to the registration desk
when registrering for the conference.
The application is binding.
LANGUAGE English is the official conference language.
CHILDCARE There will be no childcare. Mothers may sit with
babies
in arms. However, out of respect for others, we must ask you to leave
the room if they are interfering with the speakers.
Do you have a product or service to sell? Information to share?
- You can rent a display space for 330 SKr per sqm per 3 days. If you
want one table and one chair it costs 235 SKr extra.
- You can advertise in the conference program.
- You can sponsor all or part of the conference.
INFORMATION For more information, please contact
Diane Sjogren, Nadhammar 357, S - 150 21 MOLNBO, SWEDEN
Tlf. +46-158 231 58, Fax +46-158 231 20
E-mail: bo.d...@gnesta.mail.telia.com
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November 3-6, 1997 Brighton, United Kingdom
MEDNET '97, THE WORLD CONGRESS ON THE INTERNET IN MEDICINE
Call for papers: 1 February 1997
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 June 1997
A N N O U N C E M E N T A N D C A L L F O R P A P E R S
MEDNET '97
THE WORLD CONGRESS ON THE INTERNET IN MEDICINE
November 3-6, 1997
Brighton, United Kingdom
http://www.mednet.org.uk/mednet/mednet.htm
Conference Organizers: The Society for the Internet in Medicine
The rapid spread of internet technology is having a significant impact
on healthcare development, management and practice. In order to
disseminate ideas on this matter, and to discuss its implications,
the Society for the Internet in Medicine is organising Mednet 97, the
World Congress on the Internet in Medicine.
Mednet 97 follows on from the highly successful Mednet 96, and will
again bring together a multi-diciplinary body of hospital doctors,
general practitioners, computer and information professionals,
academics and hospital IT managers from around the world.
Mednet 97 will feature a full technical programme demonstrating the
latest developments in internet technology as applied to medicine,
together with both basic and advanced teaching workshops and a large
commercial exhibition.
Topics:
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Presentations are invited on all applications of the internet and
intranet in medicine, including the following topics:
Primary care
Telemedicine
Medical education
Medical libraries
Access to health and medical information
Hospital management and the internet
The internet in general practice
Research using the internet
Internet security
The internet and the developing world
Information on the submission of abstracts may be found at
http://www.mednet.org.uk/mednet/mednet.htm#topics
Important dates:
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Call for papers: 1 February 1997
Start of pre-registration: 15 March 1997
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 June 1997
MEDNET '97 Conference: Mon 3 - Thur 6 November 1997
Registration:
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Up-to-date information on registration will be available on
the web at: http://www.mednet.org.uk/mednet/mednet.htm#reg
Venue:
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Located on the south coast of the United Kingdom, with easy access by
road and rail from London and from Gatwick Airport, Brighton is an
international conference venue. This historic sea-side town offers
high-quality accommodation, restaurants, shopping and entertainment,
and access to the beautiful countryside of the South Downs.
The Brighton Centre itself is a purpose-built conference centre
located in the centre of the town, directly on the sea-front.
Further information:
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The Mednet Secretariat may be contacted at in...@mednet.org.uk
For regular updates on the Congress, you may subscribe to the Society
for the Internet in Medicine list-server. Send a message containing
the single line
subscribe sim
Postings to the list-server should be sent to
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June 10 - 12, 1998, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Communication in health care"
* Call for abstracts issued February 1997. Deadline: July 31, 1997 *
"Medicine is a delicate balance of art, science and communication."
(Carole Guzman). Communication can be considered as the link between
art and science. Its importance has been stressed since Hippocrates.
Now that the limits of medical technology are in sight, communication
has been rediscovered by scientists and politicians alike. This
international conference is devoted to an assessment of the state
of the art of communication research in the broadest sense. Its
very name "Communication in Health Care", denotes communication
between providers and patients in a variety of medical settings,
e.g. primary care, the hospital, nursing care and institutional
care. Invited speakers will highlight aspects of doctor-patient
communication in general practice, out-patient and nursing care,
communication training in medical schools, communication in
vocational training and new trends in communication research.
There will be ample opportunity to make oral or poster
presentations, to organize workshops or to give demonstrations.
Sessions on training and evaluation will be designed to extend the
dialogue begun at the conference on "Teaching about Communication
in Medicine" (Oxford, July 1996)
The conference will be held from 10 to 12 June 1988 in the Free
University, Amsterdam. The conference center is within 15 minutes
by train from Schiphol International Airport and 20 minutes by
'sneltram' from Amsterdam Central Station. Hotel rooms are
available within walking distance of the conference center.
The historical center of Amsterdam with its numerous famous
museums, exclusive shopping malls and restaurants, is within easy
reach.
Earlybird registration must be received by 15 February 1998.
Organization:
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The Netherlands Institute of Primary Health Care (NIVEL)
WHO Collaboration Centre for Primary Health Care
In cooperation with: the Program in Communication & Medicine,
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, USA.
Further information:
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Netherlands Institute of Primary Health Care
Mr. Peter Verhaak, P.O. Box 1568, 3500 BN UTRECHT, The Netherlands
Phone: 030/2319-946 Fax: 030-2319-290 (Country code: 31)
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May 22 - 26, 1999, Manilla, Philippines
25th Triennial ICM conference
"Midwifery and Safe Motherhood: Beyond the year 2000"
Integrated Midwives Association of the Philippines Inc.
Pinaglabanan corner Ejercito Streets
San Juan, Metro Manila
P.O. Box no SJPO 175346, Philippines
Fax: +63 2 70 53 35
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Want to know more about midwifery?
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A selection of resources
* Updates welcome at:
<<phu...@innet.be> *
- Feb. 9,
1997 -
* Read or participate in Sci.med.midwifery, a Usenetgroup for midwives
and
a forum to discuss midwifery.
Archives: ftp://ftp.gsf.de/pub/mue/midwifery/approved/index.html
For more information: <<midwifer...@gsf.de> is the address to
contact
all Sci.med.midwifery moderators.
* Join Sci.med.obgyn. A Usenetgroup for those interested and involved
in
obstetrics and gynecology. On the Web:
<<http://home.pacific.net.sg/~obgyn>
Information: <<ob...@pacific.net.sg> (Kelvin Tan & Geffrey Klein)
* Join the Midwife-list: Midwife-list @
<<midwife...@FensEnde.com>
Type in the body of the text only: "subscribe" (no quotes)
Midwife, the list: <<mid...@FensEnde.com> (to send messages to the
list)
* Join "Vroedvrouw & Zwangerschap" a mailinglist in Dutch and Afrikaans
by
dropping a note to <<phu...@innet.be> (Patrick Hublou)
* Subscribe to one or more of the following lists by sending email to
listname...@fensende.com (where listname is the list you want)
In the body of the message put ONLY the word "subscribe" (no
quotes).
Midwife Discussion by all kinds of midwives about birth
and
living life as a midwife. Members only.
CCE Childbirth educators, emphasis on natural
birth.
ICAN Cesarean support group.
Doula Professional pregnancy, labor, and postpartum
support
people.
AL Apprentice Midwives' List.
Yalad Discussion of Jewish Birth Issues. For
Rabbis,
Parents, Professionals.
LadysHands The Lady's Hands list. For Pagan Birth
Professionals.
PAM Pregnancy After Miscarriage. For couples who
are
attempting pregnancy or carrying a baby after
a
loss of any kind. Professionals or people who
have
been there
and want to offer support are welcome!
Each list also has a digested version: all posts from the day are
sent out as one message each night. To subscribe, follow the same
procedure, but address your email to
listname-di...@fensende.com
* Visit Ms. Donna Dolezal Zelzer's "The On-line birth center" at
http://www.efn.org/~djz/birth/birthindex.html or subscribe to her
"OLB News" by sending a message to <<Majo...@efn.org> with
<<subscribe
obcnews> in the body. For info, write to <<Majo...@efn.org>
with <<info obcnews> in the body.
* Conferences organized by Midwifery Today Inc. are listed at:
http://www.efn.org/~djz/birth/MT/conferences/calen.html
Midwifery Today Inc., PO Box 2672, Eugene, OR 97402, U.S.A.
Phone: 800-743-0974, Fax: 541-344-1422, Email: midw...@aol.com
* Take a look at Kate Weber Brown's pages:
Home Birth Information:
http://www.islandnet.com/~browns/homebirth/homebirth.html
WWW Sites for Midwives:
http://www.islandnet.com/~browns/homebirth/wwwsites.html
* One good starting point with many links is:
http://www.islandnet.com/~browns/homebirth/wwwsites.html
* Check out http://www.fensende.com/Users/swnymph or contact Sabrina
Cuddy
<<swn...@fensende.com> for info on lists for Doula's, Childbirth
Educators
Apprentice midwives, Jewish birth issues, Paganism & birth
* Marilyn's Midwifery Page <<mhgr...@frank.mtsu.edu>
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~mhgreene/marilyn.html
* MIDIRS, Midwives Information and Resource Service
<<mid...@dial.pipex.com>
* The Cochrane Pregnancy & Childbirth Database
http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/cochrane/reviews/Index.htm
<<upd...@smtpgtwy.cochrane.co.uk>
* Go and discover http://www.csv.warwick.ac.uk:8000/midwifery.html
* The bibliography FAQ provides a selection of books on midwifery and
can be
download at: ftp://ftp.gsf.de/pub/mue/midwifery/faq/bibliography.faq
* Ms. Katy Jacobson <<ka...@murs.math.ohiou.edu> created "The Purple
Midwifery Page" that can be found at: http://frognet.net/~midwife/
* "Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities"
If you've ever suspected that a lot of standard medical birthing
practices
are wrong, you'll find proof in Henci Goer's essential book,
"Obstetric
Myths Versus Research Realities".
The website <<http://www.efn.org/~djz/birth/obmyth/> includes the
entire
chapter on episiotomy.
* Request a copy of one of the following documents at
<<phu...@innet.be>:
Approximate date of publishing to the Net mentioned between
brackets.
Documents are regularly updated thanks to many. Thank you.
* Birthstoolplans (On request; via personal email only)
-> Mention version: ZIPed (27k) or Regular (84k)
<<-
Construction plan for a birthstool saved as a
multi-platform
readable RTF encoded (graphic) file (scan)
* "Breastfeeding Homepages" (URLs) (On request; email)
A list of documents on WWW (URLs) regarding
breastfeeding
* "Citizens for Midwifery" - Presentation (On request; email)
Presentation of an frontline midwifery consumer's
group
supporting the Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) -
project as best the way to assure accredited diversity
in
high quality midwifery care.
* "Midwifery Agenda" (Monthly; 14th)
Agenda of international minded midwifery activities.
Includes "Want to know more about midwifery?"
* OMEN+ (Bimonthly; 7th)
On-line Midwifery Editorships of Non-commercial
periodicals
Includes CPPCs (Contact Persons & Press Contacts)
* OMEN+ archive listing (On request; email)
Up to date listing of titles of midwifery tidbits sent
to the OMEN+ list. The actual article(s) can then be
requested.
* "Sci.med.midwifery a Usenetgroup for midwives"
(Irregularly)
Presentation of the Usenetgroup Sci.med.midwifery
* "Vroedvrouw & Zwangerschap" Info (Irregularly)
Information regarding the Dutch midwifery mailinglist
* "Want to know more about midwifery?" (Irregularly)
A selection of midwifery related resources (URLs,
lists, ...)
ooooooooooOOOO0OOOOoooooooooo
IN GEDEMPTEN TOON
Een stille dag is om mij heen en in mij is het leven flauw,
ik voel de angst des wezens nauw en ben in mijne vrede alleen.
Is er in mij de aandacht niet van verzen en hun stil verricht
inschikken
tot dit klein gedicht van iets geluk en licht verdriet? ---dat gij nog
eens
mij waart
nabij en ik u koel en zuiver vond en wel in droefenis verstond het
verre
tusschen u en mij.
J.H. Leopold
IN HUSHED VOICE
A silent day is among me and in me life is faint,
I feel the fear of being and am in my peace alone.
Isn't there in me the attention of verses and their silently directed
complaisance into this small poem of some happyness and light sorrow?
---that you were once near to me an other time and I found you cool
and
pure and did understand the distance between you and me.
J.H. Leopold